Nondiscrimination and Title IX Information

The YSD-1 Board of Education is committed to providing a safe learning and work environment where all members of the school community are treated with dignity and respect. The schools in the district are subject to all federal and state laws and constitutional provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, religion, ancestry or need for special education services. Accordingly, no otherwise qualified student, employee, applicant for employment, or member of the public may be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to unlawful discrimination under any district program or activity on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, religion, ancestry, or need for special education services. Discrimination against employees and applicants for employment based on age, genetic information, and conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth is also prohibited in accordance with state and/or federal law.

Board Policy AC is our nondiscrimination policy and is the overarching policy that applies to students, employees, applicants for employment, and community members. Our notice of nondiscrimination can be found here. Our Complaint and Compliance Process is fully outlined in Policy AC-R-1, which provides applicable definitions and the steps we take when we receive complaints alleging harassment or discrimination based on protected class, absent those that implicate Title IX and those related to reasonable accommodations and the provision of Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE). Forms to report discrimination can be found here.

Concerns and Complaints that implicate Title IX of the Education Amendments are detailed in Policy AC-R-2, which includes definitions for sex-based discrimination and sexual harassment, and the process we follow when Title IX Concerns are reported, as well as when formal Complaints are filed. Forms to report a Title IX issue can be found here.

If you are a student, parent, community member, or employee who needs to raise a concern of harassment, discrimination,  please contact us immediately utilizing the contact information listed below with the Title IX Coordinator, Ana Baucke, at the contact information provided below.

Contact Information

Ana Baucke

Nondiscrimination & Title IX Coordinator

418 S. Main Street
Yuma, CO 80759

Email: Ana Baucke
Phone: 970-848-5831

Outside agencies

Complaints regarding violations of Title VI, (race, national origin), Title IX (sex), Section 504/ADA (handicap or disability), may be filed directly with the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, 1244 North Speer Blvd., Suite 310, Denver, CO 80204. Complaints regarding violations of Title VII (employment) and the ADEA (prohibiting age discrimination in employment) may be filed directly with the Federal Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 303 E. 17th Ave., Suite 410, Denver, CO 80203, or the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 1560 Broadway, Suite 825, Denver, CO 80202.